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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
4
Edward Napier, a twelve year old evangelist who has stirred Cleveland, will preach at Second M. E. Church at 17th and Middle Ave Sunday afternoon at 2 30. The public is cordially invited.
Edgar M Freeman aged 76 died yesterday at 4 40 p m at 219 Sumner street Elyria born La Grange Ohio June 23 1862 lived in Elyria 22 years employed by the city 18 years survived by wife Amy married 45 years 8 months aunt Harriet Buswell of Lorain and two nieces Mrs Marshall Pr land and Mrs Jack Berke Funeral Monday 2 pm at home Rev Karl Darkey burial La Grange cemetery call Nichols Funeral Home until Monday morning. Grace Wynne Kliewer died at home in Van Wert Ohio at 1 55 am Thursday after long illness husband Walter two sons John Wynne Wellington Ralph Wynne Ashtabula daughter Mrs Helen Latteman Elyria funeral Van Wert Sunday 9 am burial Camden cemetery with service at grave 3 pm Sunday.
Mrs Mary Merrill aged sixty died at her Clarksfield Township home after a two year illness. She was born March 28, 1878 in Rocky River Ohio. Survived by husband J E Merrill two sons Lee E Merrill New London Kent L Merrill Los Angeles one brother S L Williams Chicago and one grandson Norman Lee Merrill New London. Funeral services Monday at 2 30 p m at the residence with Rev Howard Patrick Brighton officiating. Interment in Clarksfield cemetery under Pease Funeral Home supervision.
J. C. Sturtevant of LaGrange was fined $4 and costs on a reckless driving charge after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q. Petro in police court. He was arrested about 11 p.m. yesterday following a collision between his car and a parked vehicle on Broad Street.
Leo Cunningham of 915 Fifth street Lorain was fined five dollars and costs after being arraigned before Mayor Joseph Q Petro in police court. He was arrested about 2 oclock this morning after police said his car knocked over two poles on Chestnut street.
The Buckingham Stinacu Service and Lorain Hungarian Reform teams will play at Oakwood Park in Lorain tomorrow. The game is scheduled to begin at 12 noon.
Executors seek sale rights in Loundsbrough estate naming Mary Stearns and others. A $300 damages suit targets Miss Bins after a traffic crash at Minale avenue and Fifth street. County commissioners authorize $7 075 in WPA materials for West Ridge area with 40 percent county and 25 percent for each township. Grace Lipple awarded divorce from Kostrub. Almuth Ball seeks widow’s compensation. several divorces dismissed. Judges also impose fines for speeding on Route 20 and drunkenness.
Trustees of the Church of Christ filed in common pleas court asking to mortgage their property for 7000 at 5 percent to retire an existing mortgage. The loan would be paid at 500 a year. Mary Hornke of Lorain sues Hugo Hornke for divorce on grounds of neglect and cruelty. They married in 1936. The First Savings and Loan Company sues Sadie Bacot and Mattie A Deering for 2076 and seeks foreclosure of property in Lorain.
Police records show two vehicle crashes on city streets yesterday. Clarence Shroeder of 234 Spruce Street and Robert Kohler of 125 Brandston Avenue collided at Broad and Middle around 4 50 p m. Robert Dean of 327 South Maple Street and Lewis Wagner of 121 Lodi Street collided at Broad and Middle around 10 05 a m.
Miss Kathryn Braun wed Robert Standen in a St. Joseph church ceremony at 11 a.m. The bride, a Amherst High School graduate, wore white marquisette with lace and a marine satin turban. Best man was George Braun and sister Mrs William Guild was bridesmaid. After a noon dinner, the couple left for a Washington D C honeymoon and will reside at 155 Prospect Street. Both grads hold honors from Amherst High School and held other postgrad studies.
Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased including Milton Schieferstein Armin Berg Roland Schief erstein Harland and Roland Slate and Raymond Wragg. Burial took place in Brownhelm cemetery under Conrad Zilch. Relatives came from Norwalk Oberlin Lorain Elyria and South Ambhiersi to attend.
Funeral rites were held Friday at St Peter Evangelical and Reform Church for Mrs Jory Elizabeth Schieferstein with private rites at her Elyria Avenue home. The Rev. C E Schmidt officiated as selections including Face to Face Jesus Saviour Pilot Me and Saved by Grace were sung by William and George Uarths and Mrs George Garthe at the organ.
Members of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed church choir and families held a tureen supper at the church parlors Friday evening. The director Charles Meeks received a briefcase for graduating from Oberlin College. Plans were made for an upcoming event on July 17.
Mrs George Nichol and Mrs Frank Mischka attended a Cloverleaf Club gathering on Cleveland Avenue Friday afternoon with Mrs Mongel. Awards in five hundred were won by Mrs Mischka and Mrs Nichol. The hostess served refreshments as Mrs C A Lauer entertained the group in three weeks.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union invites all interested to attend a Sunday evening rally at eight o'clock in the Methodist church. Reverend M A Hayes of the First Evangelical church will be the speaker.
Admissions include Mrs Mildred Hamilton in Elyria and Richard Klenz in Taylor. Discharges note Mrs Rober and Kaanp.
A spring fashion note says pink dominates this summer with two groups: those bronzed for sun and those staying cool in pale tones. It outlines soft pink shades, coordinated lipstick, blush, and nail polish, plus skin care, foundations, and eye makeup tips to harmonize with the pink palette. It invites readers to request a leaflet titled Summer Beauty.
Harvard teams travel to Avon tomorrow to meet Avon Democrats. All Harvard players are to assemble at McKinley Diamond at 2 p.m.
London Scotland Yard chief Harry Battley a pioneer of fingerprint science retires five years early at 35 after a push to reorganize the criminal records office. He refined the Berillon system and invented the single fingerprint method and later worked on palm print identification. His career spanned decades including tracking murderers and aiding Podmore case by linking prints to the garage murder.
In Tulsa Oklahoma two Indigenous women faced protests after displaying a swastika sign for a beer tavern. Osage woman Jessie Thompson and Cherokee Nita Fox removed the symbol within a day and a half, replacing it with a different emblem and naming the tavern Ni-he-Kah, an Osage word.
The Elyria Dairies meet the Moose Club of Lorain tomorrow at Lakeview Park in Lorain. Game time is 1:30 p m. Dairies members should assemble at Hrivnak store on East avenue at 1 p m.
The Bone Radio Service and the Grafton White Eagles meet tomorrow on the Jefferson diamond. The game is scheduled to start at 1 30 P M.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention End Pony Girl and names Bensid Pritchett and Oberlin Ham without clear context or events.
Mr and Mrs Milton Nabakowski are spending a week with relatives in Washington D C during their vacation.
Oberlin will host a Window Fair on June 25 as decided by the Oberlin Business Men's Club at a Thursday meeting. Edward West, club president, will confer with the executive committee next week to set dates and start planning. The group also discussed summer sales and funded a circus outing for Children's Home children from club funds. The session at the Oberlin Tavern included a dinner.
Mrs King Rhodes of 66 South Park Street dies along with her infant child in an early morning death. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
The Rev. LL E. Daniels departs Wednesday for Put-in-Bay to attend the Conference of Choir masters linked to the choir boys camp. Canon Daniels will read a paper at the opening and teach at the camp, returning to Oberlin on July 2. During his absence, Morning Prayer will be held June 26 at Christ Church led by a lay reader. Church School resumes the first Sunday in September.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian S. Fowler sail from Quebec on July 1 for France for six months with plans to study at Columbia University upon return to New York City. Their son Walter will attend Gulfport Military Academy for the year. Other notices include visits to Shelby and Gettysburg, a two week Atlanta trip, and Oberlin Odd Fellows initatory work in Lorain.
A garbled market report lists oats wheat hay straw and feeds with prices and supply notes. It includes Chicago cash quotations for butter eggs moogos poultry and potatoes, plus carload and shipment figures and seasonal demand factors.
A large electric light pole on Cleveland street was broken yesterday around 12 15 PM when struck by a truck driven by William Freed of 3030 Monroe Street Toledo Freed claimed the truck swerved and caused the impact authorities investigated the incident.
The City Auto Wreckers and Troxel Company will meet in a double header on the McKinley diamond tomorrow after noon. The first game is slated to start at 1 30 p m.
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